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From: Achim Gratz <Stromeko@nexgo.de>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: cygport fails with package starting with number
Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2018 20:18:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <874lcsd4k7.fsf@Rainer.invalid> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <b847062a-983f-57c1-f618-477eda7f117a@gmail.com> (cyg Simple's	message of "Wed, 7 Nov 2018 15:05:43 -0500")

cyg Simple writes:
>> 4ti2_debuginfo_CONTENTS: bad substitution
>
> This is coming from the ${!dbg_contents_var} syntax.  What is this
> input to tar supposed to be?  The "bad substitution" is because the
> variable isn't an integer.

No, the reason is that it's not a valid identifier.  If Yaakov had
declared a nameref, the error message would have been more enlightening
than what the indirection produces.


Regards,
Achim.
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  reply	other threads:[~2018-11-07 20:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-11-07 18:20 Marco Atzeri
2018-11-07 20:05 ` cyg Simple
2018-11-07 20:18   ` Achim Gratz [this message]
2018-11-07 20:46 ` Achim Gratz
2018-11-07 21:02   ` Brian Inglis
2018-11-07 21:14     ` Achim Gratz

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